Where does “skaldi” come from?

skaldi (Finnish) comes from Old Norse skald, from Proto-Germanic skeldaną, from Proto-Indo-European skeldʰ-.

skaldi (Finnish): skald Nordic poet

Definitions

  1. skald Nordic poet

Ancestry of “skaldi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskaldpoet, skald
2Proto-Germanicskeldanąto scold
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskeldʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skeldʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skeldaną →Every word from Old Norse skald →